Furthermore, the author could not have known in 1988 that although the United States was willing to seek extradition, it would not do so “as the eventual deportation of the author to the United States appeared less problematic.”
Además, el autor no podía saber en 1988 que, aunque los Estados Unidos estaban dispuestos a solicitar la extradición, no lo harían, "porque esperar a que se expulse al autor a los Estados Unidos es menos problemático".